Will Hungary’s Automotive Industry Adjust to Future Challenges?
As in most countries in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE), the competitiveness of the Hungarian economy heavily depends on car production....
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Member States Approve Coal Phase-out Funding
EU member states have approved a EUR 17.5 billion fund which aims to help some countries wean themselves from polluting industries...
Slovakia’s Automotive Industry: Blessing or Curse?
Slovakia has been a great beneficiary of automotive industry expansion in recent decades. However, its high exposure to the global car...
Romania Bids Farewell to Coal
This week, Romania announced that it was ditching coal, thus joining the majority of EU member states that have made a...
Czech Police Suggest Indicting PM Babis
Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš should be indicted over charges of fraud involving European Union subsidies, according to a recommendation by...
Hungarian Electricity Company Aims Further Regional Expansion
The net sales of Hungary's MVM Group amounted to HUF 1,835 billion last year, which is EUR 71,8 million higher than...
Hungary Hosts Region’s Largest Solar Plant
Central Europe’s largest solar plant has been inaugurated in Kaposvár, southwest of the Hungarian capital Budapest. The 100-megawatt solar power plant...
The Ryanair Incident: An Overt Challenge to the EU
The EU was unusually unified and prompt in condemning Belarus for “hijacking” the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair plane. The European Council...
Russia Bans Flights from the EU
Two European airlines, Austrian Airlines and Air France, have had to cancel flights to Moscow after Russian authorities denied permission for...
Slovenia’s PM Facing Increased EU Scrutiny
Slovenia's prime minister, Janez Janša, is facing increasing pressure from the European Union as his country is poised to take over...
EU Summit: New Sanctions Against Belarus Agreed
After what is being called the hijacking of a Ryanair flight from Athens-Vilnius on Sunday, heads of state and governments of...
Drone Driven Agro-Machine Learning Helps Farmers
A Ukrainian start-up, Horos.ai promises to help farmers maximize yield, and minimize herbicide and water use with drone technology-driven machine learning....
Emplocity: Automated Candidate Sourcing from Poland
Young entrepreneurs from Poland have developed applications based on artificial intelligence and machine learning to come up with what they believe...
Ambitious Hungarian Biotech Firm Fights Cancer With AI
“Turbine,” a biotech company simulating cell behavior with artificial intelligence, is combining two disciplines for which the country is renowned: biology...
“Wise” Emerges Out of Need and a Region’s Resourcefulness
Central and Eastern Europeans were forced to live under a communist regime for four decades, which hindered their development and broke...
Bulgaria: President Appoints Caretaker Government
Bulgaria's president's Security and Defence Secretary, Stefan Yanev, will be the prime minister of Bulgaria's caretaker government. President Rumen Radev has...
Hungarian Start-ups: Tech-heavy and Optimistic
More than 60% of Hungarian start-ups are using some sort of “deep tech,” according to the Hungarian Start-up Report conducted by...
Khodorkovsky to MEPs About pro-Kremlin’s Influence in the EU
Exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky at a public hearing of the European Parliment told to MEPs: Russia has recruited allies in Angela...
Czech PM Requests More Solidarity
So far, the Baltic States, Romania, and Slovakia have all expelled Russian diplomats to show their solidarity with the Czech Republic,...
5G: Reliable Suppliers and External Risks
E-health, urban traffic management, self-driving cars, security services, energy networks, industrial facilities and the media - all industries and services in...